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Latest revision as of 09:19, 13 July 2012
P004
Intro
- Understood the intro and that these displays can show us how we use electricity
Q253
- Did not understand what a hot water heater was (had to explain that’s how you get hot water in your sink and shower)
- Understood what the question was asking
Cost of Electricity Utility TOD
- Looked confused and crossed his arms when reading the question
- Interpreted the question as when people use the most electricity
Electricity Use TOD
- After seeing this question he realized that he might have confused the last one with this
- But he still had the same reasoning for when it costs the utility company the most to provide electricity
Q about electricity
- Was able to explain what Volts were
- Also able to explain units of electricity
Q828
- Power rating was explained as “usage of energy for a particular appliance”
- Knew it related to the previous question
- But did not understand that you had to multiply by the time used (he chose divide)
Q257
- $50
- Confused with the electricity bill total
Q824 Energy Saving Ranking
- At first wanted to break it up into two categories, but then changed his mind
- Was not implicit that if you line dry clothes for 5 mo, you’re saving the electricity that would have been used to dry clothes
- He was thinking that you wouldn’t save much because you don’t plug anything in to line dry to begin with
Q304 IHD intro
- Understood that the intro was talking about the Smith’s house
- Did not get that the outside temperature was 85 degrees and thought that was the temperature the Smith’s liked to have indoors
Q918 IHD simulation ($ bottom)
- Very meticulous when testing out each appliance
- Measured everything in 15 min intervals
- Saw how much the $ increased by going through each appliance
- Was extremely surprised when he found out hot water heater and clothes dryer used a lot of energy
- Figured out that for each 15 min you dry clothes, you add on $.10 to your electricity bill
- Did that for each appliance
- Kept the AC at 85 degrees because that’s what he thought the Smith’s intro scenario told him to do
Q296 Electricity knowledge
- Utilized the dollar amounts he figured out from the simulation to give strategies on how to reduce
- However it was not specific to the Smith’s budget, rather he gave answers based on what he learned used the most
Q862 Ranking electricity use
- “My answers are definitely different from before”
- Used the costs he figured out to rank them, however he didn’t use paper or write down any of his calculations
- Still didn’t think that the AC uses a lot because he didn’t see much price increase at 85 degrees when running for different time periods
Q363 Predicted reduction
- Instantaneous cost will allow a person to see the usage right now and make split decisions
- Wanted information by appliance and by cost, didn’t think kWh would be useful
Q316 Home Appliances
- Make sure to add N/A to type of power source in the case that they don’t have one at all
Hypothesis guess: 1) make people more aware of energy saving and how we use electricity; 2) compare usage through adjustment of features; 3) find out where to slash the budget